While working on the painting, the master covered the wooden panel with a frame made of a solid metal sheet. It has clothes, a baculus, a halo and a glow around the head of the holy hierarch, as well as the frame of the icon impressed on it. Some elements are engraved. The metal part of the icon usually symbolized the heavenly light coming from the saints depicted on it. The master cut holes in the icon frame for the face and hands. He painted these parts of the icon with tempera and oil on wood.

 
One of Pitirim’s main tasks in the new post was the construction of the first stone Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour in Tambov near an almost ruined wooden church. Construction began in 1694 — in one summer the walls were erected at a height of 14 meters. The bishop himself was involved in the construction. Without waiting for the temple to be completed, Pitirim consecrated one of its side-chapels at the southern wall in honor of St. Nicholas and conducted worship services there. Four years later, the bishop died, and he was buried in that side chapel called Nikolsky. A carved tomb was erected over the resting place of the bishop.